YANGON, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar is strengthening efforts to contain the COVID-19 outbreak in Yangon region which has recently seen increasing number of infections, an official from the Health and Sports Ministry told Xinhua on Wednesday.
"Efforts have been put into the disease response in order to decrease the infections in the region while the positive rate is on the gradual decline in the region," said Dr. Than Naing Soe, director of Health Literacy Promotion Unit of Public Health Department.
The number of COVID-19 cases resurged in Myanmar since Aug. 16 amid the second wave of the disease, and the densely populated Yangon region has witnessed rocketing numbers of infection cases since the early period of the second wave.
As part of containment measures of the disease, the ministry imposed a stay-at-home order in all townships excluding Cocokyun township of the Yangon region on Sept. 21.
During the stay-at-home period, the number of daily infections exceeded 1,000 in Yangon region since early October and the region saw a highest single-day surge with 1,906 on Oct. 10, the figures showed.
COVID-19 was first detected in Myanmar on March 23. So far, Yangon region has reported 30,253 cases, out of 38,502 cases in total across the country as of late Tuesday, the ministry's figures showed. Enditem
